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Ulmus crassifolia - Celtis laevigata - (Ulmus rubra) / Carex digitalis - Geum canadense Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Ulmus crassifolia - Celtis laevigata - (Ulmus rubra) / Carex digitalis - Geum canadense Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This floodplain forest occurs along the southwestern periphery of the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain (and the adjacent West Gulf Coastal Plain) in eastern Texas. <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i> and <i>Celtis laevigata</i> are diagnostic of this type, and some examples have almost no other overstory species present, although <i>Quercus phellos, Quercus similis</i>, and <i>Ulmus rubra</i> are sometimes present. <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i> and/or <i>Ulmus alata</i> usually dominates the midstory with some <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> also present, as well as <i>Forestiera ligustrina</i> as a shrub. The most frequent herbaceous species include <i>Poa autumnalis, Symphyotrichum racemosum (= Aster racemosus), Elymus virginicus, Trepocarpus aethusae, Ruellia strepens, Dichanthelium commutatum, Carex cherokeensis, Oplismenus hirtellus, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon)</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia schreberi</i>. In addition, <i>Carex digitalis</i> and <i>Geum canadense</i> are characteristic. Seedlings of <i>Poncirus trifoliata (= Citrus trifoliata; exotic)</i> and <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> may also be common. In lower, wetter portions, the lower strata of this community may be dominated by <i>Chasmanthium latifolium</i> and <i>Sabal minor</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34995.CEGL007950
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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  Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Circumneutral Cedar Elm Floodplain Forest
  Translated: Cedar Elm - Sugarberry - (Slippery Elm) / Slender Woodland Sedge - White Avens Forest
  Scientific: Ulmus crassifolia - Celtis laevigata - (Ulmus rubra) / Carex digitalis - Geum canadense Forest
  Code: CEGL007950